Camera How to shoot like a professional

Pocket Camera

`Cellular Phone / FLIP Camera

Pro- Consumer Camera

Palm / Handy Camera

‘NEW” I-PAD 2 / Laptops

The Digital Still Camera The Digital Still Camera – How It Works

Before Example: - “Old School Camera”

Exposure How it works

The Video Camera

The Video Camera = Camera + Recording Deck

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30 still picture frames per second = 30fps24 still picture frames per second = 24p60 still picture frames per second = 60p

The Digital Camera The Digital Camera – How It Works

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light (day light / Light blub / Studio light) enters the lens

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light enters the lens and strikes CCD(control couple device).

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light enters the lens and strikes CCD(control couple device). The CCD createsAn electrical signal, based on light input.

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

Light enters the lens and strikes CCD (control couple device). The CCD createsAn electrical signal, based on light input. The electrical signal is recorded onto a mini DVC Tape

The Video Camera

The Video Camera – How It Works

VIDEO AND SOUND

Tape (media)• MiniDV and Mini HDV tape.

Outstanding picture and sound quality IEEE`1394 (firewire) connector.

Flash Card (media)• MiniDV and Mini HDV tape.

Outstanding picture and sound quality IEEE`1394 (firewire) connector.

Tape Deck (media player)

• Sony MiniDV and Mini HDV tape.

Outstanding picture and sound quality IEEE`1394 (firewire) connector.

The Camera Lens

The Camera Lens (a) Lens come in different sizes…(b) Most have automatic focus …

Iris (Aperture) Shuttercontrols the opening and closing of the camera lens.

VERY Bright light =Small aperture

Bright light =Medium aperture

Low light =Large aperture

Aperture – F-Stops

• Controls the opening (aperture) of the lens.

Purple part in the center is the shutter of the lens

The circle in the middle of the lens is the IRIS

F-Stops

Iris (Aperture)Iris - is the opening of the Lens.

The Higher the ApertureLess light small Iris.

Smaller the number the more light big Iris.

APERTURE - is the measurement of the opening of the lens

Shutter – is the door or black part that close and opens to let light in

Shutter – Shutter SpeedThe light measurement (shutter speed) that control how

much light comes into the lens just like the aperture.

ExposureIris + Aperture + Shutter + Shutter Speed = (Photo Exposure)

Exposure determines how light or dark an image is.Exposure Example

Camera CompositionThe Six Major Shots in Photography,

Movies and Video Production

1) Extreme Close-up2) Close –up / Head Shot3) Bust Shot4) Medium Shot5) Long Shot6) Establishment Shot / Wide Shot

Movie Production Notes1) Movie (Group of recorded Scenes or Acts held

together with music effects and titles)2) Scene / Act (Part of the Movie)3) Takes (recording of a scene)4) Retakes (redo a recording scene or act again)5) Cuts (Stop the recording of a scene or act)6) Sound and Music (the glue that hold your movie

together)7) A-Roll - main footage used and added to a movie8) B-Roll / Cut-Away (extra footage used and added

to a movie to cover up your main video cameras (a-roll) cuts)

What a Movie?

• A movie is a narrative or occurrence recorded by a camera as a gallery of moving images and shown in a theatre or on television. It is a type of entertainment that tells a story by sound and a series of images creating an illusion of progressive movement.

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) The Rule of Thirds2) Don’t Chop the Head or the Chin3) Compose the Nose4) Lead Them On5) Beware of Bad Backgrounds

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) The Rule of Thirds

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Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Composition

1) Don’t chop the head or the chin

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) Compose the Nose

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) Lead Them On

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Camera Compsition

1) Beware of Bad Background

Camera Composition 2

The Five Major Rules in Steady Video Camera Production

1) Use a Tripod2) Keep your hands off the tripod (create shack free video footage )

1) Stand Steady (handhold the camera)

2) Find substitute support (sandbag, tabletop, desk, bench, car hood, ect.)

3) Zoom Out & Get Close

Camera AccessoriesTripod: Use a tripod

for steady, stable picture. Three leg device

Mono Pole: Use a mono pole like a tripod. One leg device

Tripod Camcorder Movement

• Crank: Raising andLowering the tripod

• Crank “Crank up”“Crank down”

Camera movements• Pan:• Pan Left• Pan right

Tilt:Tilt upTilt Down

Tripod Camcorder Movement

• Truck “Truck Left”“Truck right”

• Dolly “Dolly in”“Dolly out”

Viewfinder and View Screen Viewfinder – small video monitor mounted on camcorder, accessible by eyepieceView Screen- larger (2”-3” ) LCD monitor mounted on the back of your SLR

cameras

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Never record without headphones “NEVER” !

View screen Viewfinder

Headphones Important for hearing audio while recording,

especially if external microphone is attached.

&

Never record without headphones “NEVER” !

Camera Composition

The Five Tips for Shooting to Edit

1) Set the Scene2) Cover your Cuts (add B-Roll / cut-away, titles, graphics)

3) Shoot Multiple Takes4) Shoot Alternate Angles5) Make a Plan (create your storyboards ,treatments ,scripts)